Bria Skonberg with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra

Name: Bria Skonberg with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
Start: 2025-06-13T07:30:00-04:00
Location: 115 West 3rd Street, Lakeside, Lakeside Marblehead, OH, USA

Schedule

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 07:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

115 West 3rd Street, Lakeside, Lakeside Marblehead, OH, USA | Lakeside Marblehead, OH

Rising star trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg will be joined by the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra (CJO) for a unique concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 13 in Hoover Auditorium.
Canadian Skonberg is a Juno Award-winning artist, 10-time Downbeat Rising Star, Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Awardee and the 2022 recipient of the “Legend” Award by the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook.
She has been called the “shining hope of hot jazz” by the New York Times and is considered “one of the most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” by the Wall Street Journal.
Skonberg has been a featured artist at hundreds of festivals and stages the world over, including New Orleans Jazz & Heritage and the Monterey, Newport and Montreal Jazz Festivals.
Skonberg was introduced to jazz by a spirited public school band program and local festival in her hometown of Chilliwack, British Columbia. A professional band leader since her teens, she moved to Vancouver and obtained her degree in trumpet performance from Capilano University.
Since arriving in New York in 2010, she has been at the forefront of a revival of classic American music as both a performer and educator, programming concerts and workshops for students of all ages on behalf of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Jazz House Kids and more.
She is an active mentor in the Women in Jazz Organization, a Bach Conn-Selmer artist and a board member of the International Trumpet Guild.
Her seventh studio album, What It Means, was recorded in New Orleans and released in 2024.
The CJO has been Northeast Ohio’s premier jazz voice since 1985. Led by award-winning composer and trombonist Paul Ferguson, the CJO promotes jazz in its historical and contemporary forms, through concerts featuring a stellar line-up of jazz luminaries, arrangers, composers and educators. At a CJO concert, you will enjoy “the best jazz you’ve ever heard and the best jazz you’ve never heard.” Through inventive, original music and effective, innovative Educational Outreach, the CJO shepherds young and up-and-coming musicians and provides our region with unique and important cultural experiences.
The mission of the CJO is to increase awareness and appreciation of jazz by engaging the community with original music, exceptional performances and inspirational educational programming.